Gender differences in risk for sexually transmitted diseases

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-11

  Hook III, Edward W ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84855259693     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31823ea276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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